Foreign Tourist Serial Harasser Strikes Again

July 25, 2018July 26, 2018 Phillip Charlier 3 Comments groping, sexual harassment

A Canadian citizen on a tourist visa, who was restricted from leaving the country while facing charges for sexually harassing two women in Taipei City in April, and then arrested again for harassing a woman on July 10, has been nabbed for the third time, after allegedly squeezing a woman’s buttocks on a bus. Mounib Bouazza, 27, was arrested yesterday, July 24, after following a woman and attempting to strike up a conversation with her next to the Sanli TV

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July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Chung Cheng Armed Forces Preparatory School, Kaohsiung City

A student lost vital signs, was resuscitated, and underwent brain surgery, after being hit with a brick during a fight with a classmate at a military prep school in Kaohsiung City today, July 16. During breakfast at the Chung Cheng Armed Forces Preparatory School this morning, two students had an argument after one student requested another to provide him with a cup of milk tea. According to media reports, the two second-year students, Chen, 17 years-old, and Luo, 18, went

an overweight man is put into an ambulance

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July 14, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment ambulance, Chiayi

A man in Chiayi City was fined NT$800 this morning after calling an ambulance because he was suffering from a headache. It was the 25th time he had called an ambulance this year due to minor, non-emergency ailments. At 8:44 this morning, the Chiayi Municipal Government Fire Department received a request for emergency assistance at a residence on Daya Road. When the ambulance arrived, the patient named Zhang told paramedics that he was suffering from a headache and wanted to

scooter after being hit by man who jumped from building

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July 13, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment suicide attempt, Taipei City, Wanhua District

Two men were hospitalized last night, after a man jumped from the 5th floor of a building in Taipei City’s Wanhua District and landed on a moving scooter. At around 8:45pm, July 12, a 34 year-old man named Chen, depressed due to unemployment, jumped from the roof of the building on Zhonghua Road. Chen hit a 29 year-old man named Lin who was riding a scooter at the time. Lin suffered a fractured left lower-leg, while Chen suffered multiple fractures

Student from Burkino Faso interacts with Taiwanese students at junior high school in Keelung City

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May 29, 2018May 29, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Burkino Faso, foreign students, Keelung, trade and diplomacy

A post-graduate student of Taiwan’s Central Police University met junior high school students in Keelung to say an emotional goodbye, after his country caved into pressure from the People’s Republic of China, and broke diplomatic relations with Taiwan last week. Zhou De-si (Hanyu Pinyin transliteration of: 周德思), went to Keelung’s Cheng Gong Junior High School today to farewell students and staff with whom he had shared the culture and customs of Burkino Faso during his stay in Taiwan. The multi-lingual

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May 15, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment building fall, Keelung, suicide attempt

A man in Keelung City jumped from a third floor balcony, and survived, after landing on a taxi passing through the narrow lane, this morning, May 15. Police received reports at around 8:00am that a man was on the third floor balcony ranting and threatening to jump. After rushing to the scene, the police officers learned that the building was uninhabited, and that the 27 year-old man, named Wu, lived nearby. The officers contacted Wu’s mother, and urged her to

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May 15, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Father Josef Eugster, fraud, reflexology, Taitung

Fraudsters have been cashing in on the fame and reputation of Taiwan’s “father of reflexology,” Father Josef Eugster, and taking advantage of customers’ soft hearts, by concocting a story that the priest has been defrauded of his pension, and needs to sell shoes online to survive. The scammers urge readers to purchase foot massage shoes in order to recoup the Father Eugster’s losses. United Daily News reports that recently, news that Father Eugster had been defrauded of his pension has

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May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment hsinchu, mountain rescue, search and rescue

A mountain search and rescue team located a hiker who had been lost for 7 days in the mountainous Jianshi Township district of Hsinchu County last Friday. For the last 5 days, the man had survived by rationing peanuts to himself and the dog. Mr Chiu had departed Hsinchu City on May 5th to climb a mountain, but lost his way on the 6th, and used his phone to call for help. By the second day, Chiu had used up

Vice-President Chen Chien-jen hosts a Star Wars convention at the Presidential Palace, 2018, May the Fourth be with you

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May 4, 2018May 5, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Chen Chien-jen, May the Fourth, Presidential Palace, Star Wars

[Cover Picture: Office of the President] Vice President Chen Chien-jen welcomed Star Wars fans to the Presidential Palace to celebrate Star Wars Day, today, May the 4th. In his welcoming speech, Chen, flanked by Darth Vader and Chewbacca, welcomed the fans, and said “Taiwan is a beautiful place. We have abundant natural resources.” He then quoted Master Yoda, saying, “Size matters not.” And added: “Taiwan is bigger than you think.” Chen concluded his speech with “May the Force be with

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April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment abandoned baby, Hualian County

A woman found a newborn baby in a carry bag under a bridge in Xincheng Township, Hualien County, yesterday evening. The baby still had the umbilical cord attached and was covered in blood and meconium. At around 5:30pm, Ms Lee went to tend her vegetable patch on the banks of of a stream near Xinsheng Bridge, when she heard the cries of a baby from the direction of the bridge. At first, Lee assumed the sound was coming from on

Spanish men suspected of graffiti attack in Kaohsiung City

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April 17, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment graffiti, Kaohsiung City, MRT

Three men who defaced an MRT train in Kaohsiung last week have been identified as Spanish visitors who have already left the country. The trio are also suspects in two graffiti attacks on Taipei Metro trains. In the early hours of the morning last Thursday, April 12, three men wearing hooded jackets and masks entered an MRT depot in Kaohsiung City and spray-painted two MRT cars. Police investigators eventually traced the movements of the men using CCTV and traffic monitor

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Foreign Tourist Serial Harasser Strikes Again

Student Seriously Injured after Fight at Military Prep School

Man Fined for calling Ambulance for the 25th time this Year

2 Injured After Man Jumps from 5th Floor and lands on Scooter Rider

Tearful Goodbyes after Burkino Faso Severs Diplomatic Relations

Man Survives 3 Storey Fall after Landing on Moving Taxi

Fraudsters use Taiwan-based Priest’s Name to Sell Shoes Online

Man and Dog Survive 7 Days Lost in the Mountains

May the 4th be with you Taiwan

Abandoned Newborn found on Riverbank in Hualien

MRT Graffiti Vandals Identified as Spanish